Europe: Vacation begins!!!

Yesterday at 5pm my Out Of Office came on and I was DONE with work and ready to get my EUROPE on!

We packed with superb intelligence tonight. Multiple packing lists helped us figure out exactly what we need, vs wanting a bunch of options to choose from. We are doing our best to not "look like" tourists. This is by far the lightest we've packed in a long time. One checked bag, and 1 carry on each. I successfully avoided bringing my work laptop with me which would have been more difficult if I didn't have amazing coworkers to cover for me while being away. 

As far as the animals go... Sammy and Lexi are staying with some friends who have a dog too. Oscar and Sammy are best buddies and they love to play in their fenced in backyard. We are SO (!!!) grateful for our favorite pet sitters because otherwise we'd be spending at least $800 to board them (ugh that would hurt). They were super excited to go to The Smiths, and this picture shows it! 

This was while I was packing the car a couple hours before departure.

Zoe will be visited on the regular by Ms Timeri. We left sticky notes around the house to provide Timeri with instructions for how to take care of things.

We could not ask for people friend in our life.